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Views of Europe TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 3 Northern Europe Reykjavik Iceland Bay of Smokes 38 Europe Unity in Diversity 6 Western Europe Copenhagen Denmark City of the Little Mermaid 40 Portugal Life on the Iberian Peninsula 8 Norway Land of Fjords and Mountains 42 Spain A Distinctive European Country 10 Sweden Scandinavia's Largest Country 44 England Heart of a Language and Culture 12 Russia The Largest Country in the World 46 London England city on the Thames 14 Scotland Land of Mountains and Heath 16 Eastern and Southern Europe Ireland The Bmerald Isle 18 Bucharest Romania Little Paris 48 Wales Land of the Song 20 Sofia Bulgaria Bulgarian Capital France Country of Castles Wine and History 22 of Today and Yesterday 50 Brussels Belgium Belgium's Beautiful Capital 24 The Netherlands Country of Windmills and Dikes 26 Serbia A Country of Many Cultures 52 Ukraine Borderland Country 54 Greece Land of Islands 56 Central Europe Athens Greece city of the Acropolis 58 Germany A Country Reunited 28 Italy A Tourist s Delight 60 62 Switzerland Snow and Chocolates 30 Vienna Austria City of Music 32 GLOSSARY INDEX 63 Czech Republic New Beginnings in a Historic Land 34 Poland Country in the Heart of Europe 36 LaNLY QoS O LEARNING LIBRARY Have a great
CH MO Stone he nge a mysterious ancient monument in southern England A Royalty Free Corbis 45 33 14 Which of these rivers can be found in Europe a Rhône b Mississippi c Nile 34 13 38 23 11 20 26 3 42 37 39 36 48 17 28 Europe between HRHB DID YOU KNOW Ural Mountains The are considered ains run through art of the bounds art of that art is in Russia That means that par buntry is in pa The and WEAR fit Asia Leaning Tower of Pisa a famous ulting building in Pisa Italy Royalty free cort
EUR 0 PE A unity in Diversity COUNTRIES OF EUROPE urope is a continent of many countries and many 1 Albania 2 Andora different peoples Much of it is made up of islands and 3 Austria peninsulas A peninsula is a piece of land surrounded by 4 Belarus water on three sides Europe's islands include Iceland 5 Belgium and the British Isles in the Atlantic Ocean and Corsica 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7 Bulgaria Crete Malta and Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea 8 Croatia Europe's main peninsulas are the Scandinavian 9 Cyprus Iberian Italian Balkan and Jutland peninsulas 10 Czech Republic Europe also has many mountain ranges Important ones are 11 Denmark 12 England the Pyrenees the Alps the Apennines the Carpathians and the 13 Estonia Balkans Its long rivers include the Volga the Danube the 14 Finland Don the Rhine the Rhône and the Oder 15 France The rivers provide water for Europe's farms Wheat and 16 Germany 17 Greece barley are two of Europe's major crops Southern Europe 18 Hungary specializes in fruits vegetables olives and wines Other crops 19 Iceland include oats corn sugar beets and potatoes 20 Ireland Europe is one of the world's major industrial regions In fact 21 Italy 22 Kosovo the Industrial Revolution began in Europe Today the factories of 23 Latvia Europe make many different products 24 Liechtenstein In the first half of the 20th century Europe was the center of 25 Lithuania two world wars After World War II the countries of Europe became 26 Luxembourg 27 Macedonia divided into two groups In general the Western countries had 28 Malta democratic governments and economies that were not controlled by 9 More the governments In the Eastern countries the rulers were not chosen 30 Monaco in free elections and the economies were based on communism 31 Montenegro 32 Netherlands This means that the governments owned all property and controlled 33 Northern Ireland the economies Some of the Western European countries formed the 34 Norway European Union EU The EU helps its member countries with 35 Poland issues such as trade and security At the end of the century most of 36 Portugal 37 Romania he Eastern countries gave up commu ism and also turned to 38 Russia part democracy Many of them soon joined the EU too 39 San Marino 40 Scotland 4 Serbia LEARN MORE READ THESE ARTICLES FRANCE GERMANY RUSSIA 42 Slovakia 43 Slovenia 44 Spai 45 Sweden 46 Switzerland 47 Ukraine 48 Vatican City 49 Wales au04 eamsury
